ʻO ka N-hexane kahi mea hoʻohuihui me ke ʻano C6H14, pili i ke kaulahao pololei saturated fatty hydrocarbons, loaʻa.mai ka māhā a me ka haʻihaʻi ʻana o ka aila ʻaila, wai waihoʻoluʻu ʻole me kahi ʻala ʻokoʻa.He mea hiki ole, aneane hiki ole ke hooheheeiai ka wai, hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka chloroform, etera, ethanol [1].Hoʻohana nui ʻia e like me ka mea hoʻoheheʻe, e like me ka ʻaila ʻaila ʻokiʻoki solvent, propyleneka mea hoʻoheheʻe polymerization, ka ʻōpala a me ka mea hoʻoheheʻe pena, ka mea lahilahi pigment.[2] Hoʻohana ʻia ia e unuhi i ka ʻaila mai ka soya, ka laiki bran,pulupulu a me nā aila ʻai ʻē aʻe a me nā mea ʻala.Eia kekahi, ʻo ka isomerization o n-hexane kekahi o nā kaʻina hana nui no
ka hana ʻana i nā ʻāpana harmonic o ka ʻaila octane kiʻekiʻe.